Greetings,
I've been having a lot of trouble with my gpu.
I have a motherboard:Gigabyte-970A-D3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521
processor: Amd fx4100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996
2 sticks of ram:A-Data 1333 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211561
1 ssd: Crucial M4 125Gb(firmware is up to 0309 so no crashes because of it)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
the newer gpu: saphire radeon 5770
the new psu : Sirtec - High Power Element BRONZE 700W
and a Nox core case with,1 big fan on the frontbay,one on the back (they came with the case)
2 additional fans i added on the side )
an older gpu: ati radeon 4670Hd
older psu : Sirtec - High Power Element 400W
OS:Windows 7 ultimate 64 bits
gpu drivers : 13.4
This is what happens with the new psu and gpu
At first it was bsod whenever i would alt tab from a game,freeze while i was watching a video on chrome youtube or start to show a black screen with white stripes or various other gpu issues.
I tried checking for dust,and installed mallwarebytes and scanned,nothing there,bitdefender antiv,nothing there.
So i figured it would be time for a fresh format/install of windows to fix the problem.
After installing the latest drivers,i'd get the problem more often and noticed that the it would start to overheat my entire system thus slowing it down when it wouldn't bsod/crash/freeze on me.
Using Hw monitor https://imageshack.com/a/img811/1659/u008.jpg
this is what i found,everything was about 20C higher,the bridges felt burning hot,the gpu,and eventually the cpu as well.
With no change in room temperature and no Overclocking,ever on any parts,i was concerned about the motherboard and cpu especially,since they ran pretty cool,the processor about 10C cooler,the motherboard about 15-20 C cooler and the gpu was generally stable at 38-48 C (All of this under load,Starcraft 2 High det,Aion high Det,Lineage II High det)
On idle,it would be cooler,but still hot when i would touch the bridges or the gpu. It seemed like the gpu was hoter on the right side towards it's cooler and i couldn't figure out whether it was the bridge being so hot causing it to heat up or the gpu itself.
So i downgraded the drivers for the gpu from 13-4 all the way down to 12-1,trying each till it would die out on me.
Then i took the pc apart,bit by bit (i had already checked and cleared dust)
using a brush i cleaned everything from the inside and outside of the gpu,the motherboard,motherboard bridges,procesor,all the radiators and fans ,blew the dust out of the psu (there wasn't much dust)and applied thermal paste to the gpu,cpu.
No changes,the pc was till overheating,i tried leaving the case open,didn't help,i actually put fans on both motherboard bridges,that didn't help either.
Then i tried installing Ubuntu,thinking it might be a driver issue since,no change.
Back to windows 7,i would also get the error (display driver stopped responding and has recovered)
So then i dissabled "Use Hardware Acceleration" for flash video player.
No change.
Then i pulled out the motherboard battery for 15 minutes on clock to reset it,picked the default config.
No change.
I removed a stick of ram
No change
I tried all ram slots
No change
So i put my old gpu radeon 4670 to see if less of a load would help,
It was more stable,when i'd play on low details,but still overheat everything and slow down the pc.
This is what it looked like
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8730/vuz9.jpg.
About a month or 2 ago with the old gpu and psu,it had the same problem,overheating my system and at those temps it would die out on me,so initially i bought the refurb 5770,suspecting it was the gpu at fault and i was planning on getting one anyway,but the psu couldn't handle it,so it wouldn't really work,just go to a colored screen.
i took the gpu back and the guy benchmarked it on furmark,and it was ok,so naturally it was the psu,having only 400w causing the issue,so i got another psu,a 600 w one but the amps on it didn't seem to handle either,then i ordered my sirtec 700w one with 35 amps on each of the 12 v rails,and it would cause issues (disconects or coloured screens)for the first 20 minutes till i got the right drivers,
To my shame,i counted my blessings since my girlfriend helped me during this entire process and never checked the old gpu again.
So i put the old psu back in,yesterday,and as HW monitor shows,the 12 v rail was a bit undervoltaged
https://imageshack.com/a/img692/8862/qfz1.jpg
Then,i put the 5770 radeon in with the 700w psu,took 2 sticks of kingmax ram at 1600 ddr3 from my brother's pc and tried that.
No difference whatsoever.
I tried his GeForce GT 630,that would also overheat more than it should(on his pc) and it would end up as hot as mine and again,overheat everything.
I couldn't try his motherboard,it doesn't have a am3 socket and i couldn't try my new gpu on his pc since it wouldn't fit in his case (insides of a mAtx but the case is midtower sized ) and i couldn't try the old gpu cuz i couldn't get his pc started,since i didn't get his motherboard frontpanel cabels set in right cuz it has a lot of frontpanel gizmos and the writings on it don't seem to be accurate (Waiting for stepdad to come home since he assembled it)
So now i'm really bummed out to say the least and i dunno what to do.
Could someone please help me out with suggestions?
Sorry for such a long post but i wanted to simplify it.
Notes:
I have scaned for mallware and viruses before and after the isntall.
I always ground myself to the case before touching any parts.
I cheched every part of the pc for burns or solder issues except the psu,since it has a warranty void,but it doesn't smell odd for a psu.
The temperatures in the room have not changed,in fact yesterday was cooler inside the room when i performed the checks and yet the temperature inside my pc was higher.
Thank you kindly for taking the time to read this post.
I've been having a lot of trouble with my gpu.
I have a motherboard:Gigabyte-970A-D3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521
processor: Amd fx4100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996
2 sticks of ram:A-Data 1333 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211561
1 ssd: Crucial M4 125Gb(firmware is up to 0309 so no crashes because of it)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
the newer gpu: saphire radeon 5770
the new psu : Sirtec - High Power Element BRONZE 700W
and a Nox core case with,1 big fan on the frontbay,one on the back (they came with the case)
2 additional fans i added on the side )
an older gpu: ati radeon 4670Hd
older psu : Sirtec - High Power Element 400W
OS:Windows 7 ultimate 64 bits
gpu drivers : 13.4
This is what happens with the new psu and gpu
At first it was bsod whenever i would alt tab from a game,freeze while i was watching a video on chrome youtube or start to show a black screen with white stripes or various other gpu issues.
I tried checking for dust,and installed mallwarebytes and scanned,nothing there,bitdefender antiv,nothing there.
So i figured it would be time for a fresh format/install of windows to fix the problem.
After installing the latest drivers,i'd get the problem more often and noticed that the it would start to overheat my entire system thus slowing it down when it wouldn't bsod/crash/freeze on me.
Using Hw monitor https://imageshack.com/a/img811/1659/u008.jpg
this is what i found,everything was about 20C higher,the bridges felt burning hot,the gpu,and eventually the cpu as well.
With no change in room temperature and no Overclocking,ever on any parts,i was concerned about the motherboard and cpu especially,since they ran pretty cool,the processor about 10C cooler,the motherboard about 15-20 C cooler and the gpu was generally stable at 38-48 C (All of this under load,Starcraft 2 High det,Aion high Det,Lineage II High det)
On idle,it would be cooler,but still hot when i would touch the bridges or the gpu. It seemed like the gpu was hoter on the right side towards it's cooler and i couldn't figure out whether it was the bridge being so hot causing it to heat up or the gpu itself.
So i downgraded the drivers for the gpu from 13-4 all the way down to 12-1,trying each till it would die out on me.
Then i took the pc apart,bit by bit (i had already checked and cleared dust)
using a brush i cleaned everything from the inside and outside of the gpu,the motherboard,motherboard bridges,procesor,all the radiators and fans ,blew the dust out of the psu (there wasn't much dust)and applied thermal paste to the gpu,cpu.
No changes,the pc was till overheating,i tried leaving the case open,didn't help,i actually put fans on both motherboard bridges,that didn't help either.
Then i tried installing Ubuntu,thinking it might be a driver issue since,no change.
Back to windows 7,i would also get the error (display driver stopped responding and has recovered)
So then i dissabled "Use Hardware Acceleration" for flash video player.
No change.
Then i pulled out the motherboard battery for 15 minutes on clock to reset it,picked the default config.
No change.
I removed a stick of ram
No change
I tried all ram slots
No change
So i put my old gpu radeon 4670 to see if less of a load would help,
It was more stable,when i'd play on low details,but still overheat everything and slow down the pc.
This is what it looked like
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8730/vuz9.jpg.
About a month or 2 ago with the old gpu and psu,it had the same problem,overheating my system and at those temps it would die out on me,so initially i bought the refurb 5770,suspecting it was the gpu at fault and i was planning on getting one anyway,but the psu couldn't handle it,so it wouldn't really work,just go to a colored screen.
i took the gpu back and the guy benchmarked it on furmark,and it was ok,so naturally it was the psu,having only 400w causing the issue,so i got another psu,a 600 w one but the amps on it didn't seem to handle either,then i ordered my sirtec 700w one with 35 amps on each of the 12 v rails,and it would cause issues (disconects or coloured screens)for the first 20 minutes till i got the right drivers,
To my shame,i counted my blessings since my girlfriend helped me during this entire process and never checked the old gpu again.
So i put the old psu back in,yesterday,and as HW monitor shows,the 12 v rail was a bit undervoltaged
https://imageshack.com/a/img692/8862/qfz1.jpg
Then,i put the 5770 radeon in with the 700w psu,took 2 sticks of kingmax ram at 1600 ddr3 from my brother's pc and tried that.
No difference whatsoever.
I tried his GeForce GT 630,that would also overheat more than it should(on his pc) and it would end up as hot as mine and again,overheat everything.
I couldn't try his motherboard,it doesn't have a am3 socket and i couldn't try my new gpu on his pc since it wouldn't fit in his case (insides of a mAtx but the case is midtower sized ) and i couldn't try the old gpu cuz i couldn't get his pc started,since i didn't get his motherboard frontpanel cabels set in right cuz it has a lot of frontpanel gizmos and the writings on it don't seem to be accurate (Waiting for stepdad to come home since he assembled it)
So now i'm really bummed out to say the least and i dunno what to do.
Could someone please help me out with suggestions?
Sorry for such a long post but i wanted to simplify it.
Notes:
I have scaned for mallware and viruses before and after the isntall.
I always ground myself to the case before touching any parts.
I cheched every part of the pc for burns or solder issues except the psu,since it has a warranty void,but it doesn't smell odd for a psu.
The temperatures in the room have not changed,in fact yesterday was cooler inside the room when i performed the checks and yet the temperature inside my pc was higher.
Thank you kindly for taking the time to read this post.
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